Weather Records on 20 December 2008

1,356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 December 2008. Highest significance: Tupper Lake Sunmount, US.

Key Facts for 20 December 2008

On 20 December 2008, 1,356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
503 were record highs and 211 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,312 daily.
Tupper Lake Sunmount set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 20 December 2008.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,356 stations

1,356 station records on 20 December 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 December 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Heppner	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Green River Aviation	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lacrosse	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Stanton 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whitman Mission	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hodgson River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canby 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Indiana 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Idleyld Park 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pavilion 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Connellsville 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Connell 12 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,356 records

Records set or tied on 20 December 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 268, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 228, Deepest snow cover 163.

Records on 20 December 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	268
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	228
Deepest snow cover	163

Records on 20 December 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 40, daily 1,312.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,030 broken records

Margins by which the 1,030 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 December 2008

Top 20 records on 20 December 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 December 2008	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 December 2008	Tezpur, IN	monthly rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2008	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2008	Heppner, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2008	Green River Aviation, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2008	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2008	Cascadia, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2008	Beloit, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2008	Lacrosse, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2008	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2008	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	109 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2008	New Stanton 1 SW, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2008	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2008	Colgate, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2008	Everett, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2008	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2008	Soledad de Doblado, MX	all-time low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2008	Whitman Mission, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2008	Oombulgurri, AU	all-time rain	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 2008	Hodgson River, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 1,356 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	2
1808	1
1815	1
1828	1
1837	1
1846	1
1855	8
1858	1
1860	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1874	3
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	4
1885	1
1886	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1894	2
1895	8
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	7
1901	8
1902	14
1903	17
1904	9
1905	5
1906	5
1907	11
1908	5
1909	22
1910	17
1911	24
1912	27
1913	7
1914	43
1915	18
1916	45
1917	33
1918	18
1919	25
1920	22
1921	101
1922	88
1923	215
1924	332
1925	96
1926	163
1927	200
1928	93
1929	256
1930	67
1931	536
1932	170
1933	492
1934	265
1935	152
1936	416
1937	181
1938	240
1939	308
1940	965
1941	633
1942	817
1943	193
1944	340
1945	430
1946	327
1947	385
1948	345
1949	1,141
1950	758
1951	926
1952	394
1953	385
1954	416
1955	726
1956	471
1957	1,354
1958	382
1959	142
1960	354
1961	369
1962	475
1963	875
1964	499
1965	353
1966	555
1967	1,370
1968	482
1969	514
1970	518
1971	441
1972	448
1973	1,184
1974	328
1975	610
1976	382
1977	484
1978	910
1979	600
1980	667
1981	1,681
1982	712
1983	2,995
1984	1,411
1985	1,035
1986	321
1987	1,179
1988	760
1989	1,812
1990	1,885
1991	1,172
1992	1,134
1993	1,266
1994	813
1995	1,128
1996	1,448
1997	651
1998	1,110
1999	938
2000	1,150
2001	523
2002	943
2003	1,315
2004	836
2005	515
2006	1,387
2007	986
2008	1,356
2009	1,502
2010	2,055
2011	846
2012	1,131
2013	584
2014	524
2015	1,238
2016	603
2017	688
2018	592
2019	731
2020	554
2021	442
2022	567
2023	1,242
2024	897
2025	1,166

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	864
50 to 100	101
100 to 150	38
150 to 200	20
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	2